Bioavailability and characterization of dissolved organic nitrogen and dissolved organic phosphorus in wastewater effluents

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 511, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-53

  Qin, Chao ^a   Liu, Haizhou ^b   Liu, Lei ^a   Smith, Scott ^c   Sedlak, David L ^d   Gu, April Z ^a  

^a Northeastern University   (United States)

^b University of California Riverside   (United States)

^c WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d 109 McLaughlin Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Dissolved organic nitrogen; Dissolved organic phosphorus; DON; Eutrophication; Fluorescence spectroscopy; Hydrophilic; Hydrophobic fractionation; Wastewater effluent

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DISSOLUTION; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; ION EXCHANGE RESINS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; DON; HYDROPHILIC; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

EFFLUENTS;

DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; ORGANIC NITROGEN; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOAVAILABILITY; DISSOLVED ORGANIC NITROGEN; DISSOLVED ORGANIC PHOSPHORUS; EFFLUENT; EUTROPHICATION; HYDROPHOBICITY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

ALGAL GROWTH; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CONTROLLED STUDY; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROPHILICITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; NONHUMAN; SEWAGE EFFLUENT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SEWAGE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84918815388     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.11.005     Document Type: Article

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